Sterling High School students successful at Colorado Science and Engineering Fair

Take home $5,815 in prize/scholarship money

Sterling High School sophomore Emma Scholz (pictured here at Northeast Colorado Regional Science Fair) took second place in the plant sciences category at the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair. She will now go on to the the Intel International Science Fair and Engineering Fair. (Journal-Advocate file photo)

STERLING — Several Sterling High School students recently returned from a successful trip to the 2013 Colorado Science and Engineering Fair, at Colorado State University, April 11-13, where they took home a total of $5,815 in prize/scholarship money.

At the Northeast Colorado Regional Science Fair, held at Northeastern Junior College, in March, six SHS qualified to compete at the state level. They were sophomores Alex Fernandez and Emma Scholz; juniors Tara Cook, Kymbre Mitchell and Scott Rosas; and senior Ivan Estupinan.

"The Sterling High School students did great," said science teacher Carlye Armstrong. "The state competition is very difficult, with many great projects, and I am very pleased with their performance."

Sterling High School students Scott Rosas, Kymbre Mitchell and Tara Cook (pictured here at the Northeast Colorado Regional Science Fair) took home a variety of awards/scholarships at the the 2013 Colorado Science and Engineering Fair. (Journal-Advocate file photo)

Cook took home several special awards in the Senior Division of the state science fair, including: Colorado Association of Meat Processors; (certificate and cash award of $65), Colorado Foundation for Agriculture (certificate and cash award of $50); Colorado State University, College of Agriculture Sciences (certificate and $500 cash award); and Adams State University Scholarship (one year tuition/fees, a $5,000 value).

Her project was “A Study of Bacterial Resistance in Agricultural Livestock and Soil.”

Also taking home a special award in the Senior Division was Rosas, who received the Fort Collins Conservation District Award (plaque and $50 cash award). He looked at “Agricultural Runoff and How it Affects Algae in Wetlands Habitats.”

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Receiving Grand Awards in the Senior Division were, Mitchell who took third place in the microbiology category (ribbon and $50 cash award) and Scholz, who took second place in the plant sciences category (ribbon and $100 cash award).

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